phrasebook

noun
/ˈfɹeɪzbʊk/

Etymology

From phrase + book.

  1. inherited from *bōks
  2. inherited from *bōk
  3. inherited from bōc
  4. inherited from bok
  5. compounded as phrasebook — “phrase + book

Definitions

  1. A book containing common phrases in two or more languages, used to learn a foreign…

    A book containing common phrases in two or more languages, used to learn a foreign language.

  2. A usually pocket-sized book consisting of everyday expressions and vocabulary in two…

    A usually pocket-sized book consisting of everyday expressions and vocabulary in two languages and intended for travellers who wish to communicate with locals while in other countries.

    • He knows, ‘Hello’ in eighteen languages / ‘I love you’ in only one / By the time he's got his phrasebook / The chance is usually gone
  3. Of or pertaining to a phrasebook.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Of one's fluency of a language, limited or deficient.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for phrasebook. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA